So people are freaking out about this. FREAKING OUT. People calling for a boycott of Rolling Stone. People saying that the editor should be executed, blah, blah, blah. Unfortunately and obvioiusly that’s exactly what Rolling Stone wanted. They knew this cover would be controversial. They knew this would piss people off. They knew that the Martin Richard’s family would see this and throw up. They didn’t care. Rolling Stone decided that they were going to cash in on this tragedy and that’s exactly what they did.

Now don’t misunderstand what I’m saying. I actually have no problem with the story itself. How a seemingly normal kid was really a monster and the spawn of Satan. That’s fair game. Hell Time Magazine voted Hitler as the Man of the Year once didn’t they? My problem and I think everybody’s problem here is the photo and caption they used. Terrorist #2 looks like he is the lead singer in Stillwater in this picture. Seriously I’ve seen legitimate rock stars grace the cover of Rolling Stone with less reverence than this murderer. That’s what pisses me off. You know that terrorists all over the world are probably hanging this cover on their cave walls thinking “hey if we murder a ton of innocent people maybe we can be on the cover of Rolling Stone too”. Even the caption “The Bomber” is meant to make him seem cool. That’s where Rolling Stone fucked up. You want to use a picture of Terrorist #2? How about one of these?

A picture that shows the reality of the situation. A picture that doesn’t make Terrorist #2 seem like a martyr. Oh sure Rolling Stone can say “look at the caption. We called him a monster, blah, blah, blah”, but we all know that’s bullshit. They picked a picture designed to infuriate people and sell magazines. A picture which is clearly Pro Terrorist. A picture that basically nullified any words that may come after it. A picture that makes Terrorist #2 look like a demigod. A picture that they knew would offend everybody who died, lost limbs, or was effected by this tragedy. In other words a picture that would offend every single American who isn’t a terrorist. And that is unacceptable.

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Only fags and commies read this trash. Jan wenner go suck a dick you homo

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by mark-brochez on July 17, 2013 at 4:20 pm

affected.

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by bostonbrawler23 on July 17, 2013 at 2:59 pm

Krystle Campbell, Little Martin Richard, Lingzi Liu and Sean Collier should GRACE the cover of the magazine in a memoriam issue. The following issue should be the HERO cover... Bauman, and the other victims should be on the Survivor/Champion story.

Calling this kid "The Bomber" is an insult. Dozens of bombs this size go off in Iraq and Afghanistan everyday and kill more people. Just cuz it happens in Boston people can make money off it. Including the T-shirt sales....

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by cbwv on July 17, 2013 at 12:40 pm

And where is the cover story on all the people that died and lost limbs??????

Why isn't Jeff Bauman on the cover. Before and AFTER the bombing. Think Rolling Stone isn't placating to the terrorists, ask yourself that one.

Let's honor Satan on the cover.

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by tornopen on July 17, 2013 at 12:24 pm

Rolling Stone is self righteous hipster bullshit. It jumped the shark a long time ago.

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by peep-the-steez on July 17, 2013 at 12:22 pm

@ngn.. I was talking about what he conquered not if he was the man of the year.

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by fkdtass69 on July 17, 2013 at 11:57 am

Getting upset about this would be to admit that Rolling Stone is relevant...this is symptomatic of their aging hippie liberal douche politics

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by mike-felger on July 17, 2013 at 11:28 am

A desperate move by a franchise in the throes of death. Kinda reminiscent of the Jets tapping Geno Smith as their QB of the future.

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by skeeza on July 17, 2013 at 11:27 am

Good job pres, for a change.

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by peep-the-steez on July 17, 2013 at 11:27 am

@chig who the fuck was ur history teacher? Not even close

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by chicagomatt on July 17, 2013 at 11:19 am

Not saying he's not a sick fucking evil cockuscker who is rotting in hell though.

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by chicagomatt on July 17, 2013 at 11:18 am

Hitler won because he conquered all of Europe, half of Russia and Northern Africa in a matter of 2-1/2 years. Anyone would get man of the year for that.

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by imdoingit on July 17, 2013 at 11:15 am

Can't usually say this but that was

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by peep-the-steez on July 17, 2013 at 11:08 am

Good insight pres

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by wilburham on July 17, 2013 at 11:06 am

@1minute i think your missing my point. if pres didnt post this and people didnt get all upset about it tone of people would have never seen this cover who have now seen it which is exactly what rolling stone wants.

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by finkleiseinhorn on July 17, 2013 at 11:05 am

Is it still acceptable to watch Almost Famous?

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by joebidenjr on July 17, 2013 at 11:00 am

RS is part of the "blame America" liberal wing. The underlying RS story will be that "we" failed this prick because we only gave the family a home and 100K in welfare on top of section 8 house. We should have done so much more to help the poor Muslim. And, what he did was justified because Bush killed so many of his Innocent fellow Muslims. That is what this story is about - same way the turned Trayvon into a beatific little boy with skittles. All about pushing a political agenda. Fuck them all.

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by pokey-reese on July 17, 2013 at 10:59 am

shouldnt you be posting more baby dicks on the front page of your blog?

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by rolltizzle on July 17, 2013 at 10:57 am

Apparently "Hell Time Magazine" is something new. Let us all remember the importance of commas.

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by 1minuteman1 on July 17, 2013 at 10:54 am

@wilburham the New York Times is a joke. No one cares what the do because they are fucking clown shoes. I'm sorry you don't like social media, but when most people see this cover this photo of him looking like the lead actor in a movie about Woodstock completely overshadows the article. Pres is right for once is his jewy life.

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by bababooey7 on July 17, 2013 at 10:47 am

cuncel da subscription

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by wilburham on July 17, 2013 at 10:44 am

@1minute agree to diasagree i guess, maybe because i dont have twitter and think social media is stupid as fuck but when most people pick this up they wont think of him as a rockstar or a sex symbol they will think of him as a terrorist piece of shit. the article is a look into his life not about him being captured which is why they dont use the photo of him on the ground. also new york times used the same exact picture a while back where was the outcry then?

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by jdarts85 on July 17, 2013 at 10:42 am

@totalone, I'm with you on all points believe me. Social media will be absolutely be the death of our society.

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by totalone on July 17, 2013 at 10:41 am

ezbreeze, just meant it from the end result not the overall plan/intention. Both wanted mass causalties,

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by albreezimyneezi on July 17, 2013 at 10:40 am

can we just kill this motherfucker already, its times like these I wish I didnt live in liberal la la land mass and in fuckin texas where this kid would have been strung up in the town square for everyone to watch day 1

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by totalone on July 17, 2013 at 10:39 am

jdarts, I think it is complete trash that Rolling Stone would do this, but it is their right. I certainly wont be picking up a copy of this magazine, nor will many New Englanders. I think the outcry is definitely larger in these parts, but this wont stop people from the other regions of the country from buying this magazine. I bet you sales in the NorthEast will be horrendous for Rolling Stone but in other parts of the country people will be intrigued by the story/cover. Social media goes both ways, I just think a lot of people aren't genuine in their statements but rather looking for validation from others by getting likes and retweets.

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by jdarts85 on July 17, 2013 at 10:37 am

@thisguy, because nobody wants to see a photo of him doing his best Zoolander impersonation. If they showed his sorry ass on the slab no one would have a problem, but to take a photo where he's trying to be a fucking male model and plastering it on the cover of Rolling Stone is a bit offensive to the people he hurt and killed. You don't try to make a sex symbol out of a damn terrorist. It's just wrong on every level.

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by 1minuteman1 on July 17, 2013 at 10:37 am

@wilburham if you don't see how this cover is glorifying Dzokhar then we clearly don't operate at the same level of intelligence. I could see if my opinion was in the minority, but the overwhelming majority of people agree that this is a cover photo meant to sexualize him and give him the rock star treatment.

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by ezbreezey2222 on July 17, 2013 at 10:36 am

@totalone - not sure if what McVeigh did was "100x" worse, he just had more explosives and a more efficient plan. both guys had the intention of killing/hurting as many innocent people as they could.

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by jdarts85 on July 17, 2013 at 10:34 am

@totalone, you are spot on but that doesn't make it right for these asshole magazines to do it. The outcry is obviously magnified when you have social media and every person with an account can speak up give their opinion, but this is an example of one of those times I actually like social media. These, I'm sorry, liberal pricks need to be held accountable for shit like this. Just like MSNBC and CNN should have their dicks kicked in for blatantly lying and fanning flames throughout the Zimmerman trial and after.

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by thisguy1215 on July 17, 2013 at 10:30 am

don't get me wrong i hope this kid swallows a fish hook -- but RS grabbed a photo, didn't doctor it, didn't photoshop it, and made it their cover, now it's all the commotion? why? because the kid isn't pimple nosed and ugly as shit? plays into the story of the next door neighbor kid gone wrong

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by jdarts85 on July 17, 2013 at 10:29 am

Fuck him and fuck Rolling Stone.

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by kike-boy on July 17, 2013 at 10:26 am

Wow. Well done, Pres.

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by pulgasallstars on July 17, 2013 at 10:25 am

Classic drebos

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by totalone on July 17, 2013 at 10:24 am

Timothy McVeigh was on the cover of Time with a huge write up on him. What he did was 100X worse than the Marathon. It's how these magazines sell copies. They go for shock value, and nothing is more shocking than seeing these guys faces on the cover of magazines. The public outcry for the McVeigh cover wasn't nearly as bad as this. It is the times now a days. Social media will be the death of this country.

@1minute how is this glorfying? its a take on a national news story. and like I said this is how they do all their covers.

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by 1minuteman1 on July 17, 2013 at 10:13 am

Wilburham- the outrage is because its too soon to glorify the kid. He hasn't even been tried yet, its barely 3 months since the event and rolling stone is already throwing up sexualized images of him making him look like a rock star.

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by totalone on July 17, 2013 at 10:12 am

Well said Wilburham, you don't have to read it. No need to take to social media in crusade like fashion. People just want everyone to see their displeasure for some sort of validation.

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by venkman on July 17, 2013 at 10:11 am

Looks like I won't be renewing my already non-existent subscription. Those assholes can go fuck themselves.

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by ezbreezey2222 on July 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

agree totally with @tonytwotoes - kid was basically failing out of UMD, calling him a "promising student" is quite the stretch. oh the kid had a shitty family? boohoo join the fucking club bro, plenty of people have that same problem and dont turn into a terrorist murdering psychopath. more pussy excuse making. fuck RS.

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by totalone on July 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

Time Magazine did the same thing with Timothy McVeigh. Just a way to drum up readership.

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by some-guy on July 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

on an unrelated note, i just realized the older brother kinda looks like matt harvey: http://www.calgaryherald.com/cms/binary/8272996.jpg

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by rexisfat on July 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

It is my hope that their headquarters gets blown up. With nobody in it, of course.

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by will-i-am-not on July 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

ELpres = TROLL FUCKING CITY

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by wilburham on July 17, 2013 at 10:09 am

honestly i dont get the outrage about this at all. its a magazine their job is to sell magazines. no one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to read it. as for the photo this is how they do all their covers, did the exact same thing with charles manson.

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by edrooney on July 17, 2013 at 10:06 am

Cancelled this morning. Fuck off RS. Get off my planet.

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by bodysuitman on July 17, 2013 at 10:06 am

Drebos is the editor-in-chief of Rolling Stones

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by wildmanpete on July 17, 2013 at 10:06 am

tomcarron you think parents now are tuned out? Compared to the 50s when fathers drank and golfed all weekend? I hate when people shoehorn in comments that have no relevance to the current post. Are you one of those guys who posts "When I was a kid I came home when the streetlights went on"?

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by stansitwell on July 17, 2013 at 10:06 am

Yeah they can't use his picture and give him all this press, use a photo from the aftermath, or of the surviving injured with their stumps, rather than glorifying a terrorist.
Pretty sure musicians are honored by getting the cover of rolling stone, why honor a killer?

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by red-turtle-duck on July 17, 2013 at 10:05 am

What the fuck is a magazine?

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by billybaroo on July 17, 2013 at 10:05 am

Yes, yes it is. Rolling Stone is a bullshit liberal rag.

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by phoneyhero33 on July 17, 2013 at 10:04 am

Is there a way I can read about how Robin Thicke is pretty fly for a white guy without buying the mag?

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by bababooey7 on July 17, 2013 at 10:03 am

can't even bridge the goatee and the mustache...what a fag.

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by totalone on July 17, 2013 at 10:02 am

Completely irresponsible move by Rolling Stone to put him on the cover, done in poor taste. Writing a story about him is one thing but having him grace the cover is excessive. I think the people who are going on twitter crusades are garbage too, don't buy it or read it. You don't need to take to social media to bitch about it. I'm convinced a lot of people don't really give a shit but they post it to their twitter or facebook for likes and retweets. Just ignore it and Rolling Stone will suffer monetarily.

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by revnathanhortonheat on July 17, 2013 at 10:00 am

This kind of shit is why they should have just blown up the boat he was in.
Use some marathon money to troll the shot out of the trash bag whore that wrote this

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by 1984 on July 17, 2013 at 9:59 am

Well said, Pres. Covered all the angles. Nothing else to add other than to say that Rolling Stone is apparently run by horrible cunts and scumbags.

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by valbroski on July 17, 2013 at 9:58 am

Pres for mayor

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by barstoolsgrammar on July 17, 2013 at 9:58 am

Dammit, I hate when I agree with you.

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by feckin_buckets on July 17, 2013 at 9:57 am

Classic Drebos

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by jaredsplaine62 on July 17, 2013 at 9:56 am

Burning this copy when I get it and canceling my subscription. This is fucked up even for them.

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by hardosrejoice on July 17, 2013 at 9:56 am

When you see this in the store just rip or bend the cover so no one will buy it. The store will send it back and get a refund.

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by douchenator on July 17, 2013 at 9:55 am

Spot on blog.

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by veritas315 on July 17, 2013 at 9:55 am

May or may not have googled "Hell Time Magazine" expecting some sort of Juggalo & Weed hybrid publication

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by bobsacomanno on July 17, 2013 at 9:54 am

Great blog

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by softassatindavidpatten on July 17, 2013 at 9:53 am

While I completely agree with your second point Pres, you clearly didn't read the article. The article is based on how 'society','america' and 'his family' let down poor little cuddly wuddly dzhokhar, and thats how those evil terrorists corrupted this 'good looking student' with his baby soft skin and blue eyes. How the poor kid didnt know what he was doing when he was making bombs and blowing people up. You know what? BULLSHIT. This piece of shit knew EXACTLY what he was doing. Its just another fucking liberal cop out. Public outcry how he needs help, and is av victim. Placing the blame on everyone else but the perp himself. Fuck you Rolling Stone. Fuck off.

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by tomcaronsgoatee on July 17, 2013 at 9:53 am

you realize that teenage girls are going to hang this on their bedroom walls.... prob diddle to it. that, and their tuned out, ipad buying, suburban parents probably won't even notice it.

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by runningsq on July 17, 2013 at 9:52 am

'Thank you Rolling Stones' says; Jay Z and Robin Thicke!

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by snap-dragon on July 17, 2013 at 9:51 am

Absolutely terrible move. Jim Morrison is rolling over in his grave.

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by runningsq on July 17, 2013 at 9:50 am

Bet Jay Z and Tobin

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by tonytwotoes on July 17, 2013 at 9:50 am

And the tagline on the cover is so bogus. 1. I've seen pictures of his friends - hanging out with a mish mash of refugees from the former Soviet Union does not make you popular. 2. Going to school at UMass Dartmouth does not make you a promising student. And 3. This piece of shit made his own decisions - don't make out like he was innocent and his family corrupted him.

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by internet-explorer on July 17, 2013 at 9:49 am

Drebos gonna Drebos

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by frank_ricard on July 17, 2013 at 9:49 am

Not exactly sure how Rolling Stone is "cashing in" off this. They may have needed the publicity with a dying print magazine market but this sure as hell won't help.

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by mattyd929 on July 17, 2013 at 9:49 am

Posting the cover here only perpetuates the problem. Take that shit off your site.

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by butter-pecan on July 17, 2013 at 9:49 am

thankfully feitelberg didn't blog this.

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by brucewaynegretzky on July 17, 2013 at 9:49 am

I totally forgot that Rolling Stone even existed. Cash in while you can, RS, you're magazine sucks and is dying. How much would you pay to punch Jahar in the face? I'd throw down $500, easy.

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by thisguyrighthere on July 17, 2013 at 9:48 am

At least they don't try to sell us $40 tank tops

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by teddyballgame22 on July 17, 2013 at 9:48 am

Well done. Nothing else to add.

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by axl_nose on July 17, 2013 at 9:48 am

"Cash in" words to live by right, El Schnoz??

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by energyeddie on July 17, 2013 at 9:48 am

They should have put Tom Bradys son's pecker on the cover.

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by mrtightjeans on July 17, 2013 at 9:48 am

Rolling Stone ceased being relevant and readable years ago. It's the MSNBC of print.

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by wheresmoose on July 17, 2013 at 9:47 am

Speaking of cashing in on this tragedy...

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by drunkenmasshole on July 17, 2013 at 9:47 am

I am shaking fucking angry seeing this and need a walk.

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by 1minuteman1 on July 17, 2013 at 9:47 am

Wait a minute. Did Pres just have a semi intelligent thought regarding a matter of national salience? GET THE CAMPAIGN BACK UP IN RUNNING.

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by bluebear22 on July 17, 2013 at 9:46 am

I'm surprised, I figured their cover would be of a 12 year old Trayvon Martin with a teddy bear. Liberal slobs.

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by 781kid on July 17, 2013 at 9:46 am

I don't get this country Ill be expecting a smiling Zimmerman palming a basketball next issue